Trading one addiction for another addiction is very common. I know there are people who can drink moderately during recovery. But I'm unsure of the percentage and if it leads to problems down the road. It did for me. After my recovery my first time around, I decided to drink a beer one day.....within a couple months I was up to half a bottle of vodka every day....then within a few more months a fifth of vodka daily. So I know I can not drink in recovery. The craziest thing of all is I don't even like alcohol! I never craved it or anything like that. I believe it's because I'm addicted to numbing myself....to the high or change that substances give me.......the DOC is unimportant.